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Li-Yong Yuan is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their research primarily focuses on chemistry and materials science, with a significant body of work in materials chemistry and inorganic chemistry. Additional fields of study include industrial and manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

Their scholarly output reflects key topics such as radioactive element chemistry and processing, covalent organic framework applications, chemical synthesis and characterization, metal-organic frameworks synthesis and applications, extraction and separation processes, crystallization and solubility studies, and the use of X-ray diffraction in crystallography.

Frequent venues for publishing research by Li-Yong Yuan include the SSRN Electronic Journal, The Cambridge Structural Database, Chemical Engineering Journal, Inorganic Chemistry, and Separation and Purification Technology.

Among their notable recent papers are:

  • Photocatalytic reduction of uranium(VI) by magnetic ZnFe2O4 under visible light (2020, Applied Catalysis B: Environmental)
  • Effective removal of U(VI) and Eu(III) by carboxyl functionalized MXene nanosheets (2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials)
  • Aryl Diazonium-Assisted Amidoximation of MXene for Boosting Water Stability and Uranyl Sequestration via Electrochemical Sorption (2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces)
  • Radiation Controllable Synthesis of Robust Covalent Organic Framework Conjugates for Efficient Dynamic Column Extraction of 99TcO4− (2020, Chem)
  • Highly efficient adsorption and immobilization of U(VI) from aqueous solution by alkalized MXene-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron (2020, Journal of Hazardous Materials)

The scientist has collaborated frequently with Wei-Qun Shi, Zhifang Chai, Kong-Qiu Hu, Lei Mei, and Lin Wang.

Best Publications

  • Uranium(VI) adsorption on graphene oxide nanosheets from aqueous solutions

    Zijie Li;Fei Chen;Liyong Yuan;Yalan Liu

  • Introduction of amino groups into acid-resistant MOFs for enhanced U(VI) sorption

    Zhi-Qiang Bai;Zhi-Qiang Bai;Li-Yong Yuan;Lin Zhu;Zhi-Rong Liu

  • Efficient U(VI) Reduction and Sequestration by Ti2CTx MXene

    Lin Wang;Huan Song;Huan Song;Liyong Yuan;Zijie Li

  • Loading Actinides in Multilayered Structures for Nuclear Waste Treatment: The First Case Study of Uranium Capture with Vanadium Carbide MXene

    Lin Wang;Liyong Yuan;Ke Chen;Yujuan Zhang

  • Photocatalytic reduction of uranium(VI) by magnetic ZnFe2O4 under visible light

    Peng-liang Liang;Peng-liang Liang;Li-yong Yuan;Hao Deng;Xu-cong Wang

  • Efficient removal of uranium from aqueous solution by zero-valent iron nanoparticle and its graphene composite.

    Zi Jie Li;Lin Wang;Li Yong Yuan;Cheng Liang Xiao

  • MOF-76: from a luminescent probe to highly efficient U(VI) sorption material.

    Weiting Yang;Zhi-Qiang Bai;Wei-Qun Shi;Li-Yong Yuan

  • Excellent selectivity for actinides with a tetradentate 2,9-diamide-1,10-phenanthroline ligand in highly acidic solution: a hard-soft donor combined strategy.

    Cheng Liang Xiao;Cong Zhi Wang;Li Yong Yuan;Bin Li

  • Effective removal of U(VI) and Eu(III) by carboxyl functionalized MXene nanosheets.

    Pengcheng Zhang;Pengcheng Zhang;Lin Wang;Ke Du;Ke Du;Siyi Wang

  • Rational control of the interlayer space inside two-dimensional titanium carbides for highly efficient uranium removal and imprisonment

    Lin Wang;Wuqing Tao;Wuqing Tao;Liyong Yuan;Zhirong Liu

  • Effective Removal of Anionic Re(VII) by Surface-Modified Ti2CTx MXene Nanocomposites: Implications for Tc(VII) Sequestration

    Lin Wang;Huan Song;Huan Song;Liyong Yuan;Zijie Li

  • Extending the Use of Highly Porous and Functionalized MOFs to Th(IV) Capture.

    Nan Zhang;Li-Yong Yuan;Wen-Lu Guo;Shi-Zhong Luo

  • Defect engineering in metal–organic frameworks: a new strategy to develop applicable actinide sorbents

    Liyong Yuan;Ming Tian;Ming Tian;Jianhui Lan;Xingzhong Cao

  • U(VI) capture from aqueous solution by highly porous and stable MOFs: UiO-66 and its amine derivative

    Bai-Cheng Luo;Bai-Cheng Luo;Li-Yong Yuan;Zhi-Fang Chai;Zhi-Fang Chai;Wei-Qun Shi

  • Aryl Diazonium-Assisted Amidoximation of MXene for Boosting Water Stability and Uranyl Sequestration via Electrochemical Sorption

    Pengcheng Zhang;Pengcheng Zhang;Lin Wang;Zhiwei Huang;Jipan Yu

  • Nanolayered Ti3C2 and SrTiO3 Composites for Photocatalytic Reduction and Removal of Uranium(VI)

    Hao Deng;Hao Deng;Zi-jie Li;Lin Wang;Li-yong Yuan

  • Radiation Controllable Synthesis of Robust Covalent Organic Framework Conjugates for Efficient Dynamic Column Extraction of 99TcO4

    Yue Wang;Yue Wang;Mingshu Xie;Jianhui Lan;Liyong Yuan

  • High performance of phosphonate-functionalized mesoporous silica for U(VI) sorption from aqueous solution

    Li Yong Yuan;Ya Lan Liu;Wei Qun Shi;Yu Long Lv

  • A novel mesoporous material for uranium extraction, dihydroimidazole functionalized SBA-15

    Li Yong Yuan;Ya Lan Liu;Wei Qun Shi;Zi Jie Li

  • Highly efficient adsorption and immobilization of U(VI) from aqueous solution by alkalized MXene-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron.

    Siyi Wang;Lin Wang;Zijie Li;Pengcheng Zhang

  • Recent advances in computational modeling and simulations on the An(III)/Ln(III) separation process

    Jian Hui Lan;Wei Qun Shi;Li Yong Yuan;Jun Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Wei-Qun Shi
Wei-Qun Shi Chinese Academy of Sciences
Zhifang Chai
Zhifang Chai Chinese Academy of Sciences
Lin Wang
Lin Wang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yuliang Zhao
Yuliang Zhao National Center for Nanoscience and Technology, China
Lirong Zheng
Lirong Zheng Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jian-Hui Lan
Jian-Hui Lan Chinese Academy of Sciences
Maolin Zhai
Maolin Zhai Peking University
Chengliang Xiao
Chengliang Xiao Zhejiang University
Jing Peng
Jing Peng Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne
Lu Wang
Lu Wang Harbin Institute of Technology

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